ARRGH! Stripped screw on laptop...

[Catty1]

And I haven't even started the tech part....

Need to remove bottom panel of laptop to remove hard drive. The ONE LAST SCREW to remove is stripped. I can tighten it, but not remove it....'click click click'....

I try to life enough of the back panel to get the HDD but can't quite...this screw seems to attach the back panel to the drive case. And there isn't quite enough room to pull out the drive so I can get to work.

Beyond frustrating....

This guy's gonna be back from work in an hour and I can't even give him a progress report.

ANY ideas???

I am now Googling this...sheesh...

[Catty1]

LOL...I knew if I ranted on three forums, FB, here and Live Messenger, I would get it! Sheesh............

[Catty1]

Oh dang....don't tell me it's a SATA drive...

Well, don't have the USB adapter for THAT, so another trip to the store in Calgary....

[Catty1]

Tech friend lending me just the cable so I don't have to buy ANOTHER whole kit for $40! All is well.

Wanna lay bets on whether the HD actually works after all this?

[RICHARD]

Read the title of this thread very slowly, carefully and tell me what jokes YOU can come up with.

[Catty1]

No, RICHARD, that's YOUR job!

ETA: Duct tape solved the problem. All yours!

[wombat2u2004]

Read the title of this thread very slowly, carefully and tell me what jokes YOU can come up with.

I thought that to when I first read it
I wonder what Candace is REALLY up to ????